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(ml; 277), n.[Written also maul.] [OE. malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. Malleus.] 1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. Addison. 2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] Spenser. 3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. Cotton. 4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall. Southey. Mall (ml), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Malled (mld); p. pr. & vb. n.Malling.] [Cf. OF. mailler. See Mall beetle, and cf. Malleate.] To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul. Mall (ml), n.[LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. mel, meel, assembly, mlan to speak, Goth. mal market place.] Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly. Hence: (a) A court of justice. (b) A place where justice is administered. (c) A place where public meetings are held. Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased. Milman. スポンサード リンク
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